US announces additional $16.4m for post-flood recovery in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, JUNE 08 (ONLINE): The United States has announced an additional 16.4 million dollars for post-flood recovery in Pakistan in health sector including help for rehabilitation of health facilities and address malnutrition. The announcement was made by Deputy Administrator of USAID Isobel Coleman during 2nd […]

UK lawmaker faces racism public order charge

London, June 5 (AFP/APP): A British lawmaker who once commanded UN peacekeepers in Bosnia was on Monday charged by police with two public order offences, including one that was “racially aggravated”. Conservative MP Bob Stewart faces one charge of “using threatening or abusive words or […]

Scores detained in Hong Kong on Tiananmen crackdown anniversary

ISLAMABAD 04 June (Online): Hong Kong police searched and detained scores of people on Sunday, including four arrested for “seditious” intent, as authorities’ tightened security for the 34th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown. Restrictions in Hong Kong have stifled what were once the […]

Egypt’s Suez Canal resumes traffic after stranded tanker freed

CAIRO, June 4 (Xinhua/APP): An oil tanker that broke down in Egypt’s Suez Canal has been towed away, chairman of the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) Osama Rabie said on Sunday. “Traffic in both directions had resumed as normal after tugboats managed to move the stranded […]

Promote inter-religious harmony, Masood Khan urges faith leaders

WASHINGTON, Jun 04 (APP):Pakistan’s Ambassador to the United States, Masood Khan, urged faith and community leaders to work together to promote inter-religious harmony when he met them at his residence on Saturday. The faith leaders comprised Muslims, Christians, Hindus and Sikhs. “The strong bonds of […]

Kuwaitis again called to vote amid political paralysis

Kuwait City, June 4 (AFP/APP): Kuwait is staging its seventh general election in just over 10 years on Tuesday as the oil-rich Gulf state remains mired in a political impasse undermining hopes of economic reform. Fearing that widespread skepticism will discourage many people from voting, […]

Blinken says Ukraine war ‘strategic failure’ for Russia

Helsinki, June 2 (AFP/APP): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday called the invasion of Ukraine a “strategic failure” for Russia, pointing to Western unity and Moscow’s losses. Russian President Vladimir “Putin’s war of aggression against Ukraine has been a strategic failure — greatly […]